MIAMI, Fla.—Canada’s triathletes racked up seven medals on Friday at the Americas Triathlon Cup races in Miami, Florida. All three of Canada’s elite Paratriathletes found their way onto the podium, winning two golds, and one silver medal. Calgary’s Stefan Daniel got his season off to a golden start in the men’s standing classification. The 27-year-old, two-time Paralympic medallist stomped the international field, posting the best time of the day at 53:39 in the 750-metre swim, 20-kilometre bike and five-kilometre run course. “Good opening race here. I wasn’t expecting to get first going into ..read more

VICTORIA—An experienced group of Olympians and Paralympians will lead Canada’s triathletes into the highly-anticipated 2024 season. Triathlon Canada officially kicked off the critical 2024 campaign with both the Olympic and Paralympic programs uniting in Henderson, Nevada for a winter training camp. Triathlon Canada named a talented line up of 14 athletes who share dreams of qualifying for Paris 2024 while donning the maple leaf at international competitions this summer. “This is an inspired group of athletes and coaches who have achieved their performance goals at every step of their developm ..read more

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VICTORIA—After representing Canada at four Paralympics, six major multi-sport games and countless international events where she filled up a bucket full of medals that sits today at the family home from the sports of swimming and triathlon, Jessica Tuomela has decided to call it a career. “I just feel it is time. I just didn’t feel like I could train the way I wanted to in order to race at the level that I want to be at,” said Tuomela. “I know we could have made it to the Paris 2024 Games but for me it wasn’t about just qualifying. It was about going out and representing Canada, doing the best ..read more

SANTIAGO, Chile—Four Canadian triathletes making their Pan American Games debut joined forces to capture the nation’s second-straight medal in the mixed team relay at the multi-sport event, battling to bronze on Saturday near Santiago, Chile. Brock Hoel (West Kelowna, B.C.), Emy Legault (L’Île Perrot, Que.) along with Ontario-based athletes – Liam Donnelly (Campbellville, Ont.) and Dominika Jamnicky (Guelph, Ont.) – swam, pedaled and ran their hearts out to the podium, completing their four combined legs in a time of 1:15:36. “This is just an amazing experience to come home from a major Games ..read more

SANTIAGO, Chile—Martin Sobey put the maple leaf on his back and his heart on his sleeve while running to a courageous fourth-place triathlon finish and leading a trio of Canadians into the top-six at the Pan Am Games on Thursday. Sobey, the pride of Charlottetown, P.E.I., along with Dominika Jamnicky (Guelph, Ont.) and Emy Legault (L’Île Perrot, Q.C.) were all scrapping for medals on Chile’s port town of Vina Del Mar. Jamnicky and Legault placed fifth and sixth respectively in the women’s Olympic distance race. The 27-year-old Sobey was rock solid throughout the triple-sport men’s test in a ti ..read more

MIYAZAKI, Jpn.—Canada’s Tyler Mislawchuk made a charge to cap off a comeback season with a podium finish, but he ran out of real estate and finished fourth at the World Triathlon Cup in Miyazaki, Japan on Saturday. Not only did the the 28-year-old have to take on 65 of the best triathletes on the planet, but he also battled through illness throughout the Olympic distance test to finish with a time of 1:48:03. “It was a tough one. I was throwing up on the bike and sick on the run, so I have to be happy with a fourth,” said the two-time Olympian from Oak Bluff, Man. “I had a stomach bug. I swall ..read more

PONTEVEDRA, Esp.—Tyler Mislawchuk threw down the best World Championship Olympic distance triathlon result of his career, racing to eighth on Saturday afternoon. The 28-year-old proved he is amongst the world’s elite grinding through a 1.5-kilometre swim, 40-kilometre pedal and four-lap, 10-kilometre run in Potevedra, Spain to post a time of 1:43:09. “I am really quite pleased with the race today. It is probably the most proud I am of a race this year,” said Mislawchuk, who was ninth earlier this summer in the first ever elimination format at the World Triathlon Sprint and Relay Championships ..read more

PONTEVEDRA, Esp.—Canada’s Stefan Daniel bolted to his eighth straight podium at the World Triathlon Para Championships, taking the silver in Pontevedra, Spain on Saturday. After rattling off five straight victories, the two-time Paralympic medallist added a second World Championship silver medal to his impressive resume that also includes one bronze after an epic battle with his long time rival – two-time Paralympic champion, Martin Schulz of Germany – in the men’s PTS5 classification. The soft-spoken Calgarian clocked a time of 56:45 in the sprint distance race that mixed together a 750-metre ..read more

VICTORIA—After an extensive national search, Triathlon Canada has tapped Lawrence White to guide the organization into the future as its new chief executive officer. White brings over two decades of leadership experience working in the charitable and non-profit sector. Over the last 15 years, the Canmore, Alta. resident has served as executive director of The Alpine Club of Canada – an organization that is an international player tasked with governing the sports of ice climbing, ski mountaineering and indoor climbing in Canada – where he played a pivotal role in establishing the necessary prov ..read more